Key Events

No fracking has taken place

The Oil and Gas Authority previously said it is aware Ukog made an announcement about flow testing and equipment is on site but that it had not taken place at the time of the earthquake on June 29.

However, no fracking has taken place in the area, according to a spokesman.

17:37

A friend's wardrobe and bed shook

Shannon Jubb, 21, from Horley said:

I was in Earlswood when it happened, but I was outside and didn’t really feel anything my friend down the road did though and she said her wardrobe and bed shook.”

16:43

"What's the world coming to?"

Manager of Thai-restaurant The Junction, Millie Goff, 35, said:

I didn’t hear nothing, nothing at all. We had quite a busy lunch and quite a few people in so it could have been that but the first time we heard was when you came in and told us. There’s an earthquake and we don’t even know about it!

What’s the world coming to?”

16:24

"We can't even do a proper earthquake round here"

Craig Bishop, 34, from Barrow Gardens, Redhill said:

My mate lives in Crawley and he text me like ‘what was that?’ and I was like ‘what you talking about?’ and he said ‘my house was just shaking’ so I said ‘it’s probably just your dodgy foundations mate’.

Then it come up and said there’s been an earthquake but I didn’t feel anything.

We can’t even do a proper earthquake round here.”

16:22

Reporter in Redhill

Our reporter Les Steed is in Redhill to get reaction from residents and workers about the earthquake.

16:04KEY EVENT

MEP supports calls for fracking investigation

Keith Taylor, Green MEP for the South East, is supporting calls for an investigation into the recent and frequent seismic activity in the Weald area of Surrey and Sussex.

The call comes after the area experienced its seventh earthquake in three months.

Mr Taylor said:

Details may be scant at the moment, but the seismic activity in an area where unconventional fossil fuel drilling and testing is active is clearly extremely concerning.

It is also unprecented in the Weald in the last half a century. The links between earthquakes and the unconventional onshore oil and gas drilling industry are well established.

I wholeheartedly support the calls for the British Geological Survey to further investigate this activty and would add that it seems only sensible to put a moratorium on any oil and gas activity in the region until the results of the investigation are clear.

Sainsbury's worker had "not idea" about earthquake

I didn’t feel anything. I didn’t even know an earthquake happened. If I’d felt the earth move then I’d have been excited but I’d no idea that it had even happened.”

15:38

"It was only a little rumble"

Darren Waterman, 53, Wilton Road, Redhill said:

I felt it at about half 12. It was only a little rumble. I was sat on the settee and it was just a little wobble that shook up my TV a little and my missus was lying on the bed in the backroom and she felt it and got up.

15:29

"I didn't really know what it was"

Emily Gittings, 17, from Horley said:

I was in my room and my chest of draws just shook but I didn’t really know what it was until I saw it online.

It didn’t shake too much but you could see that it shook and the doors shook a bit, you could feel it and see it.”

14:39

"The whole building shook"

Laura Thompson, also from Success Mastery, said:

Felt it!? The whole building shook. It concerns me.

Something is changing around, it is not normal.

I want one of those inflatable slide like they have on aeroplanes so I could escape from here.”

14:37

Earthquake feels like when "your stomach drops"

James Nicholson, from Success Master in Dorking, said:

We were just sitting here and it shook us from side to side.

You know when you go over the top of the rollercoaster and your stomach drops? That’s what it felt like.

They [colleagues] didn’t feel it downstairs for some reason.

I have lived in Dorking for 37 years and I have neber been in an earthquake. You cannot imagine something like that.

We know a little bit what it feels like now but it is hard to imagine what it really feels like.

14:14KEY EVENT

Magnitude 3.0 earthquake confirmed

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 in Dorking and surrounding areas has been confirmed.

Residents in Dorking and Reigate reported a “large impact” before the ground and their homes shook for “2-3 seconds” on Thursday (July 5).

The incident was confirmed by the British Geological Survey (BGS) and stated the earthquake started in Newdigate shortly before 12pm.

Teenager saw ceiling move during tremor

I was just sitting on my sofa in the living room and the whole upstairs started shaking and the ceiling was moving.

I was walking round the house making sure no one had dropped anything or fell over.

It was just pretty strange really.

My mum felt it too, she was upstairs sleeping. I don’t know how to explain it really.

13:41

Ground floor colleagues 'did not feel it'

Hannah, who works for Jellyfish Training, added:

We knew there were tremors before but never felt them. When it all finished my colleagues were like ‘did anyone else feel that?’

My boss was on the phone at the time, came out of his office afterwards and said ‘did anyone else feel that shake too?’

A few of my colleagues were on the ground floor during the earthquake and did not feel it from the kitchen.

They just said ‘what shaking?’ which was pretty weird.

13:40

Colleagues went under tables

A worker spoke how the office tables in her office were shaking “like someone rubbing something off a paper”.

Digital training worker Hannah Dempsey said:

It was just coming about midday and we work on the second floor and some of my colleagues looked around the tables while the shaking happened to see what was going on. It looked liked the motion made when someone is rubbing something on while sitting on the desk - that’s the motion of the tables were making when [the earthquake] happened.”

13:11

Retail worker concerned

A member of staff at No.5 Interiors, who wishes to remain anonymous, said:

It felt basically like somebody next door had banged a door really hard.

I mean it lasted probably about 3 seconds.

It’s a little bit concerning. I suppose it’s not the strength it’s the frequency of them.

13:09

Reporter at the scene

Our reporter Alex Boyd is in West Street.

13:05

House shaking near Dorking

A resident in North Holmwood, who wishes to remain anonymous, told us how their house was shaking.

They said: “I could feel my house shaking at around noon just as I was about to make a cup of tea, it was so surreal. The experience lasted a few seconds but it felt a lot longer.”

12:51

Historian thought it was building works

Local historian Jackie Johnson, of Ringwood Avenue, Redhill, said:

We are about a mile from the town centre and I was sitting in the garden and I heard a rumble and wondered what it was. Mind you, there’s all sorts of builders working in the neighbourhood, so at first I thought it was one of them.

12:49

Tremors felt more than "half an hour ago"

According to one witness, Dorking experienced the earthquake about “half an ago”.

12:49

Earthquake origin "same region as previous ones"

The earthquake recorded on Thursday (July 5) seems to have originated in the same place as previously recorded ones since April, according to the Britihs Geological Survey report.

The report states:

A number of reports have been received from members of the public in Newdigate, Dorking, Horley and Charlwood, Surrey and from Crawley and Horsham, West Sussex. Typical reports describe “was outdoors close to a building and you could hear it creak”, “felt large impact then 2-3 seconds of shaking”, “felt much bigger than the last two recent quakes”, “it was like two huge explosions”, “my chairs at the table shook and the lights moved” and “the aerial rattled and the ground shook”, indicating an intensity of at least 3 EMS.This event locates in the same region as previous ones that have occurred since April.”

12:48KEY EVENT

Earthquake magnitude confirmed

The British Geological Survey has confirmed a 3.0 magnitude earthquake happened in the Dorking area.

12:22

Earthquake felt in Crawley

According to reports on social media, earthquake tremors could be felt in Crawley too.

12:14

Earthquake confirmed

British Geological Survey has confirmed there has been an earthquake in the Dorking area. They are working to find out where exactly the tremor started but it is thought to be “a bit bigger” than previously reported earthquakes.